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Inflatable seat belts to debut in 2011 Ford Explorer
| Fri, Nov 6, 9:36 PM | 0 comments
DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. said Thursday that its new inflatable seat belts will provide additional safety for rear seat passengers, especially children and the elderly, who more frequently sit in the back rows of cars and trucks. Read more
Automotive Q&A: Car sound raises concern
Fri, Nov 6, 2:00 PM | 0 comments
Question: I took a friend to the airport last week and he commented that the car might have a bad wheel bearing, because there was a whirring sound. I hadn't noticed the noise or maybe was so used to it that it seemed like part of all the normal... Read more
Once parked, car's journey far from over
| Fri, Nov 6, 8:13 AM | 0 comments
Question: When I park my 1998 Ford Explorer on a slight incline facing downhill and put it in Park, it will creep forward on its own, very slowly. According to my wife, it happens even when the emergency brake is set. Any thoughts would be... Read more
Q5 Quattro just short of top spot
| Fri, Nov 6, 8:12 AM | 0 comments
Who would've thought there would ever be a pitched battle for global domination in luxury SUVs? The very idea of a luxury SUV strikes many as an oxymoron, but the field has filled with excellent vehicles and caused automakers from the United States,... Read more
Founder takes the wheel to keep luxury auto group on track after crisis
| Fri, Nov 6, 8:12 AM | 0 comments
DALLAS -- Battered black boxing gloves rest on a corner of Scott Ginsburg's desk at Boardwalk Auto Group in Plano, Texas. Read more
Chrysler's new message is eager, but disjointed
| Wed, Nov 4, 4:48 PM | 0 comments
DETROIT -- The new Chrysler Group under CEO Sergio Marchionne is extremely frank, almost unsettlingly so, about Chrysler's failings under previous owners leading up to its government rescue and Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Read more
'We are not in denial': Chrysler plan has air of urgency
| Wed, Nov 4, 12:00 AM | 0 comments
DETROIT -- Chrysler's survival instinct was palpable Wednesday.
"There's no down time," said Chief Financial Officer Richard Palmer said during an 8-hour teach-in at the automaker's Auburn Hills, Mich., tech center. Read more
GM chooses best, but most difficult path with Opel
| Tue, Nov 3, 8:12 PM | 0 comments
DETROIT -- General Motors' decision not to sell 55 percent of its European Opel/Vauxhall unit is almost certainly the best outcome for GM and Opel, but that doesn't mean the road forward will be easy. It will be brutally hard. Read more
GM won't sell Opel unit; restructuring in the works
| Tue, Nov 3, 7:24 PM | 0 comments
DETROIT -- General Motors' board of directors on Tuesday decided to scrap plans to sell the automaker's German Opel division to Canadian auto supplier Magna and its Russian partner Sberbank. Read more
GM reports first sales increase in 21 months
| Tue, Nov 3, 5:24 PM | 0 comments
DETROIT -- General Motors, posting its first sales increase in 21 months, announced today that its sales increased 4.1 percent in October, compared with the same month last year. Read more
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